Coming from a dude who was fairly negative about how I thought the season would start and got some pushback for it -- my points weren't well received by everyone to say the least back then.
I think there is some fan overreaction to the team in a macro sense. Sheehan actually talked about it on his radio show a few minutes ago.
I believe the team in a macro sense is in good shape with a promosing future. Can they make a run this season? i don't know. But it felt to me there was some potential for a setback season to set up a 2026 surge.
I am a bit surprised about the negative from some fans at Jayden, Quinn, Peters -- seems Peters in particular. So I'll give my take for Peters.
Parcels liked to say the best GM's get 50% of their calls right. Kiper among others say 40% of your draft right is big time. But I know from debates on this topic over the years, some fans expect like an 80-90% hit rate. The thing is forget our team. Look at other team's drafts. Other teams FAs. It's not every player is a hit, not even close.
My favorite example of this is McCaffrey. Picked 100. If I recall the hit rate for a late third rounder is about 25%. Not 95%. But McCaffrey is treated by some fans like he was taken in the first round. The 100th pick in the draft being a decent #4 WR, good blocker, and maybe the best kicker returner in the NFL is a hit not a miss. A hit.
Good and bad for Peters IMO.
2024
Jayden -- home run pick
Newton -- TBD -- not a bust, not hot - too early to tell
Sainristil -- also TBD, might be a better outside corner than inside
Sinnott -- not a bust, but trending poorly. doesn't look like an outright bust like a Ryan Anderson and the slew of misses, they've had in the 2nd round, but just a guy right now. TEs though can take time to develop
McCaffrey -- good pick, not a great pick but good one
Coleman -- TBD -- decent start last season, having trouble adjusting to guard
MaGee -- trending up
The safety from Washington St. -- failed
Jean-Baptiste -- good pick for a 7th rounder
Jayden alone makes it a great draft. But real world standards, not disgruntled fan standards, he would just need for three of the remaining 6 players to emerge for it being a killer draft.
FA -- killer good, some misses but most of it great. And FA is just as 50-50 as the draft, plenty of misses.
Both trades look bad. Trading with the Eagles. And the Lattimore trade. I am good with the Lattimore trade considering context at the time.
2025
Conerly: TBD -- flashes enough, is super young, but is up and down
Amos -- feels like a homerun pick for a late 2nd rounder
Lane -- feels like at a minimum a good pick, trending better than that
Medrano -- TBD
Croskey-Merritt -- looking like home run pick
FA -- they were ridiculed for the Kinlaw signing -- they are looking smart. Von Miller looks like a good signing. Will Harris solid signing. Jacob Martin -- good signing.
Deebo and Tunsil trades were great IMO.
Overall at a minimum, IMO he's done a very good job, batted over 500 with good margin. Now, was he Howie Roseman elite level. That is, Roseman in his last few years, not prior, nope. But overall, i think he's clearly done a good job.
As I've been saying for months, before the season started, I don't think its uncommon for an upstart team to be feeling itself after a fast rush of success, where they feel their crap doesn't stink. There were signs of it. I mentioned it in real time. If I am right, it doesn't make any of them bad dudes, its just human nature. I consider myself fairly humble but when I get on a roll at work and start feeling invincible, something lol bad happens next, I am off my guard, I lose my edge, then I am shaken out of it and refind my edge. I think we are experiencing that.
I got two issues with Peters. And again am not expecting anyone to be perfect, so I'd have issues with any GM for any team.
A. I don't mind the Lattimore but hated them doubling down on Lattimore. Roseman makes mistakes but he cuts his loses. I said so during FA, cut that dude lose, take the hit!
B. I get the idea of some not wanting him to pay 20 million plus for dudes like Josh Sweat. But Sweat is playing really well. So perhaps a bit too conservative in FA.
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